New York State

2018 Keeping our Schools Safe and SecureOutlines the need for local control over safety and security decisision and the need to for additional funding for implementation and research on best practices for school safety and security.

Education Highlights

The National Association of Music Merchants ranked the Top Communities for music education. Ten schools districts in Monroe County were listed: Brighton, Churchville-Chili, East Irondequoit, Greece, Honeoye Falls-Lima, Penfield, Pittsford, Rush-Henrietta, Webster and West Irondequoit.

The Washington Post listed seven Monroe County schools in the 100 most challenging schools in NYS: Pittsford Mendon High School, Brighton High School, Pittsford Sutherland High School, Webster Thomas High School, Honeoye-Falls Lima High School, West Irondequoit High School and East Irondequoit High School.

According to Education Week’s 2016 "Quality Counts" report card, NYS schools rank 9th in the nation with a grade of B-, but for equity in K-12 achievement, NYS received an A- (this grade is based on both poverty achievement gaps and progress in closing those gaps).